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Hayden · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Routt County · Central Mountains & Resort · home rule municipality · Pop. 2,250 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 1,963 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021

Latest Census Bureau finance data for Hayden: FY2021. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2021 in brief

Hayden collected $2,383 per resident (including city-run utilities), in line with the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 68% below its peers.

  • Tax revenue per resident withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 27% of the peer median

Generated from the figures below. Every number links to its Census source.

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

FY2021 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

$2,383
68% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$7,468
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 47% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year changenominal dollars
Withheld with this year's value

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $2,383
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $2,383 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $4.7M ÷ population 1,963 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A44 Streets & highways charges
    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • C89 State aid
    • D89 Local government aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T24 Licenses & permits
    • T28 Licenses & permits
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Hayden runs city-owned utilities, which add 21.4% of its revenue. Cities that don't run utilities will look lower on revenue and spending per resident for that reason alone. What counts as utility revenue
  • With about 1,963 residents, small changes in Hayden's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2021. Bars show Hayden; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

On the revenue side, the biggest difference from peers is Utility & transit charges: $510 per resident, 48% below the peer median.

Money in

Revenue

$2,383
per resident68% below peers
Money in: Hayden revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$51048% belowpeers $982
$49110% belowpeers $546
$22424% belowpeers $293
$7064% belowpeers $195
Withheldpeers $3,650
Withheldpeers $610
Withheldpeers $300
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

Categories are withheld with the total until it is verified against Hayden’s audited financial report.

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Hayden and its peers

The five Colorado municipalities nearest on population, median household income and region. Budget size isn’t a matching factor, so peers aren’t chosen on the figures being compared. Per resident, FY2021. How peers are chosen

Open in Compare
Hayden compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
HaydenUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 21.4% of total revenue in FY2021. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.$2,383Not reported for this year
GranbyUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 23.9% of total revenue in FY2021. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 3.8× the Colorado median.$6,088$5,449$3,967$3,247$2,969
Idaho SpringsUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 30.3% of total revenue in FY2021. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 2.5× the Colorado median.$3,956$3,451$2,457$2,201$10,855
TellurideUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 8.6% of total revenue in FY2021. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 4.7× the Colorado median.$8,847$8,918$5,185$4,052$22,389
Crested ButteUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 4.0% of total revenue in FY2021. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.Regional hub: Sales tax per resident is 5.0× the Colorado median.$10,983$9,068$8,453$4,261$2,968
Peer median$7,468Benchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableNot reported for this year

Utilities marks a municipality whose revenue and spending include city-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit), which raises its per-resident totals.

Regional hub marks a municipality whose sales tax per resident is at least 1.5× the Colorado median: a shopping or visitor hub where people who live elsewhere pay much of the sales tax.

Trends

Every available fiscal year. Lines break where a year is missing or withheld; nothing is interpolated.

  • This city
  • Peer median
  • Withheld (shown on the axis, no value)
  • Colorado median (Census of Governments years only)
Revenue per resident
FY2021 $2,383. 1 year withheld.$0$3.7K$7.5K’16’21Peer median FY2021: $7,468Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2021: $2,383FY2016: withheld — Revenue per resident is 23% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Revenue per resident is 23% of the peer median
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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016Withheld (Revenue per resident is 23% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021$2,383$7,468$2,476 (227 reporting)
Tax revenue per resident
2 years withheld.$0$536$1.1K’16’21Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 3% of the peer medianFY2021: withheld — Tax revenue per resident is 27% of the peer median

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

  • FY2016 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 3% of the peer median
  • FY2021 withheld: Tax revenue per resident is 27% of the peer median
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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 3% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021Withheld (Tax revenue per resident is 27% of the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$1,072 (201 reporting)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $391.$0$558.4$1.1K’16’21Peer median FY2016: $1,117Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $391

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$391$1,117$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021———

Questions about Hayden’s finances

How much revenue does Hayden collect per resident?
Hayden collected $2,383 per resident in FY2021, in line with the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
Which cities is Hayden compared with?
Hayden is compared with Granby, Idaho Springs, Telluride and Crested Butte: the Colorado municipalities nearest to it on population, median household income and region. Budget size isn't used, so peers aren't chosen on the figures being compared. See the peer table
Where do these numbers come from?
From the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, as each government reported its own fiscal year, divided by Census population estimates. Figures that fail quality checks are withheld rather than shown. Sources and methodology

Community context

American Community Survey 5-year estimates and Census population estimates. Where the selected year isn’t available, the nearest earlier year is shown and labeled.

Population growth (5-yr)
+0.5%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$88.6K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
5.0%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$308.4K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
10.2%
2021 estimate

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Sources

Dataset: Hayden, CO municipal finance benchmarks

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Notes: dollars are nominal (not inflation-adjusted). Colorado medians cover the municipalities reporting that year. Peers: nearest on population, income and region. Definitions: orivian.ai/benchmarks/methodology.Retrieved October 12, 2026 from orivian.ai/benchmarks.

Every figure on this page is read from the published index; nothing is recalculated for display. Read the methodology

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